FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Why focus on Benghazi then, when things that are taking place in our own country, especially regarding the economy, actually matter for the vast majority of Americans? Focusing on Benghazi is a wingnut approach, because arguments concerning gay marriage, abortion, and the economy aren't working for the wingnuts.


Unemployment is 11.7 percent in Las Vegas, yet Benghazi is the issue some editor chooses to write about?

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Based on what? Israel's defense minister certainly doesn't think so.

“I can see long years, um, administrations of both sides of political aisle deeply supporting the state of Israeli and I believe that reflects a profound feeling among the American people. But I should tell you honestly that this administration under President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I can remember in the past.” - Ehud Barak

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

The whole "abandoning Israel" thing is such a hysterical, false position, supported by nothing other than anger fantasies.

Guess how long it took Bush to "travel to Israel as President?"

Seven years. You don't hear that fact thrown around much when the whining ignites every three days.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57544026/sources-key-task-force-not-convened-during-benghazi-consulate-attack/?tag=socsh

Another lamestream outlet late to the party. But they're getting there.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

If CBS is lamestream, then the paper that hired you is a filthy rag. I know people, who are much better people than me, who work their asses off there. To have some lonely old man calling the news operation lame is particularly pathetic, especially coming from someone who works in the media.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Side note: A viable national third party would be more or less disastrous in our political system, as well as virtually impossible. The only way a third party could ever practically or usefully rise to prominence would be regionally to replace one of the major parties in an area where it is already more or less meaningless.

If you want a workable multi-party system, you have to redesign the entire democratic process from the ground up.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

The Speaker of the House during the 34th Congress was from the Know Nothing Party, so there might be hope, right?

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

As is the current Speaker.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

It's a scientific fact to some scientists. Other scientists have different conclusions. Even if there was a 100 percent consensus that global warming was happening, the reality is that any efforts to curb carbon emissions by the U.S. are useless unless China, India and Russia, to name a few, get on board. And they ain't doing it. All it does is hurt our economy.

 

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"Fact" doesn't mean what you think it means.

 

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Lot of Mafia dons talked like that.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

That Valerie Jarrett quote can't be real. If it was real, she'd be lambasting Whitey.